Cathe Olson, author of "Simply Natural Baby Food, "The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook," and "Lick It! Creamy Dreamy Vegan Ice Creams Your Mouth Will Love" keeps you up to date on food politics, whole foods and nutrition, as well as sharing recipes and posting book reviews. Also see her web site at http://www.simplynaturalbooks.com

Thursday, November 05, 2009

rBST Milk

Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, is criticizing a report claiming that milk from cows injected with the genetically engineered rBST is safe for the cows and the consumer. The report was written by paid consultants from rBST companies, including Monsanto.

According to Epstein, rBST has about 20 toxic effects on cows including mastitis, and the pus from the mastitis infection along with the antibiotics used to treat it end up in our milk. He also says that some of the hormone ends up in the milk and is absorbed by the human body. He claims that rBST milk is chemically and nutritionally different than natural milk. Click here for more details on the report and Epstein's comments.

3 comments:

Oh crap! I've been so anal about always buying milk without hormones and I totally spaced the ice cream! I just had Dreyer's after lunch today. I'm so glad I read this post. I just wish Alta Dena made a slow churned or lowfat version...

Thanks for posting. I had written Dryers yesterday to inquire about Haagen Dazs (my husband loves the stuff). The reply I got was comical. They quoted Modesto as sayng that there are "no nutritional differences" between milk treated with rbst and natural milk.